Thank God for long lasting batteries.....I think......

So Rob's family is really good about sending cards on all occasions and I love it because it is not something I have ever been good at. They especially like the music playing cards that Hallmark started making a few years ago, they really are cool. Ben has also discovered the joy of these cards. In Ben's world the best way to listen to them is with the card open covering your face while  spinning in tight mind boggling circle. The moment it gets near the end of the song, while not missing a beat of his mid-spin he will close and reopen the card to restart the music. Now sometimes on real exciting days only a few measures of the song can play before he must close and reopen the card to restart it. Now, people in my life will tell you I exaggerate, not just a little and not just occasionally but often and alot but when it comes to this I am not, just ask Rob, this music playing can go on for hours really hours! I swear the songs get louder as the time goes on, Ben spinning the whole time in the happy land of  "Stim". At first when this started Rob and I looked at each other and said "Oh God how long can the batteries handle this?". But I will tell you a long, long time. Ben goes for the card first thing in the morning. Each card has picked up a new individualized name made up by Ben ie."Card" "Song" "Music" etc. After several weeks a new toy will become his favorite or a new card will arrive in the mail. Today it was a Halloween package and Winnie the Pooh is happily singing in the background right now over and over again. At least MC Hammer and "You Can't Touch This" will start gathering dust tomorrow and I can put my gold pants away at least for awhile.